Kasen
- Pronunciation
- [Ka-sen]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Pure
- Origin
- English
About the Name Kasen
Kasen is a modern American spelling variant of Cason/Casen (possibly from the Old English etymology meaning "son of Cass" or from a creative variant of the surname Kasen). A separate Greek line connects Kasen to a variant of Katharos meaning "pure." The K-spelling Kasen is essentially a 21st-century American invention.
The name belongs to the broader contemporary American category of invented K-prefix boys' names with the popular -en/-on ending — alongside Kayden, Kohen, Kohen, Kayson, and Kase. The Kasen spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form.
Kasen's American climb is very recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. Notable contemporary bearers include various American influencers; American basketball player Kasen Cline; and the contemporary fictional Kasen of various contemporary novels. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the surname-style sophistication, the popular two-syllable -en ending family (Kasen, Mason, Hudson, Aiden), and the modern visual presence with the K-spelling. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as distinctly contemporary American. Common nicknames Kas (the dominant short form, casual and warm), Kasey, and the rare Sen each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Cason, Kayson, Casen, and Kasen have their own SSA tracking. International variants are minimal since the name is essentially modern American invented.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Kasen
US Popularity History (2006–2025)
Annual US births named Kasen by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2019 with 742 boys named Kasen (boy rank #418 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #484 for boys (622 US births). That's 66 places below its 2019 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Kasen Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Kasen the strongest states are South Dakota, Mississippi, Louisiana.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota | #202 | 55 |
| 2 | Mississippi | #236 | 143 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #253 | 209 |
| 4 | West Virginia | #260 | 65 |
| 5 | Alabama | #278 | 195 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | #296 | 158 |
| 7 | Kentucky | #307 | 151 |
| 8 | Missouri | #320 | 192 |
| 9 | Iowa | #324 | 113 |
| 10 | Nebraska | #324 | 55 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #859 | 47 |
| 2 | California | #857 | 198 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #712 | 18 |
| 4 | Arizona | #663 | 76 |
| 5 | Colorado | #658 | 63 |
| 6 | Florida | #652 | 215 |
| 7 | Illinois | #648 | 119 |
| 8 | Utah | #566 | 63 |
| 9 | Maryland | #560 | 72 |
| 10 | Michigan | #553 | 137 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Kasen in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Kasen to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Kasen against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).